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| | The script used in the document was instantly suspected and first realized to be a forgery by a [[Free Republic|Freeper]] with the username of "Buckhead".<ref>[http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/10/15/local_drive_by_anchor_interrogates_mrs_clinton_on_her_e_mails Local Drive-By Anchor Interrogates Mrs. Clinton on Her E-Mails]</ref><ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210662/posts?page=47#47 Documents Suggest Special Treatment for Bush in Guard (Buckhead post 47)]</ref> Bloggers also picked it up that the font was "Times New Roman", and matched the documents up with the default layout of [[Microsoft Word]]. As to it being a part of the U.S. military, journalist Robert Bluey wrote "The typography experts couldn't pinpoint the exact font used in the documents. They also couldn't definitively conclude that the documents were either forged using a current computer program or were the work of a high-end typewriter or word processor in the early 1970s. But the use of the superscript "th" in one document - "111th F.I.S" - gave each expert pause. They said that is an automatic feature found in current versions of Microsoft Word, and it's not something that was even possible more than 30 years ago.".<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/Politics/archive/200409/POL20040909d.html '60 Minutes' Documents on Bush Might Be Fake], By Robert B. Bluey, [[Cybercast News Service]], September 9, 2004</ref> | | The script used in the document was instantly suspected and first realized to be a forgery by a [[Free Republic|Freeper]] with the username of "Buckhead".<ref>[http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/10/15/local_drive_by_anchor_interrogates_mrs_clinton_on_her_e_mails Local Drive-By Anchor Interrogates Mrs. Clinton on Her E-Mails]</ref><ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210662/posts?page=47#47 Documents Suggest Special Treatment for Bush in Guard (Buckhead post 47)]</ref> Bloggers also picked it up that the font was "Times New Roman", and matched the documents up with the default layout of [[Microsoft Word]]. As to it being a part of the U.S. military, journalist Robert Bluey wrote "The typography experts couldn't pinpoint the exact font used in the documents. They also couldn't definitively conclude that the documents were either forged using a current computer program or were the work of a high-end typewriter or word processor in the early 1970s. But the use of the superscript "th" in one document - "111th F.I.S" - gave each expert pause. They said that is an automatic feature found in current versions of Microsoft Word, and it's not something that was even possible more than 30 years ago.".<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/Politics/archive/200409/POL20040909d.html '60 Minutes' Documents on Bush Might Be Fake], By Robert B. Bluey, [[Cybercast News Service]], September 9, 2004</ref> |
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| − | The standard-issue machine in all branches of the U.S. armed forces for writing documents during the 1960's-1970's was the IBM Selectric and Selectric II typewriters, both of which contain interchangeable fonts on a typeface ball. So wide-spread was the use of these machines that they were made part of the planned maintenance system in which repairs and upgrades were done by military personnel rather than the factory. The use of stand-alone word processors and office computers did not appear at military commands until as early as the late 1970s, well after the Killian documents were supposedly written.<ref name=killian>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132047,00.html Fox News interview with Gary Killian]</ref> | + | The standard-issue machine in all branches of the U.S. armed forces for writing documents during the 1960's-1970's was the IBM Selectric and Selectric II typewriters, both of which contain interchangeable fonts on a typeface ball. So wide-spread was the use of these machines that they were made part of the planned maintenance system in which repairs and upgrades were done by military personnel rather than the factory. The use of stand-alone word processors and office computers did not appear at military commands until as early as the late 1970s, well after the Killian documents were supposedly written.<ref name=killian>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132047,00.html Fox News interview with Gary Killian]</ref> |
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| | *[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-09-09bushdocs.pdf The Killian Documents, in .pdf format] | | *[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-09-09bushdocs.pdf The Killian Documents, in .pdf format] |
| | *[https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/complete_report/CBS_Report.pdf The CBS Independent Review Panel report] | | *[https://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/complete_report/CBS_Report.pdf The CBS Independent Review Panel report] |
| − | *[http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/morse200409150552.asp "The First Rathergate", article on National Review Online] | + | *[https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/morse200409150552.asp "The First Rathergate", article on National Review Online] |
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| | [[Category:United States Political Scandals]] | | [[Category:United States Political Scandals]] |
| | [[Category:Liberal Deceit]] | | [[Category:Liberal Deceit]] |